Monday, March 28, 2011

Fear of rigging grips Abia as state recruits 400 mercenary electoral officers

Sun News
24 March 2011

Fear of rigging grips Abia as state recruits 400 mercenary electoral officers

About 400 people are undergoing training in Abia State, ready to officiate in next month’s general elections in the state.
The group which had been operating clandestinely with the imprint of the state government, had allegedly been issued with fake identity cards, and would be integrated into the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) workforce for the elections.

Already, their names have been fed into the system, purportedly for supervisory roles. The bubble burst on the devious scheme, when some of those who could not be accommodated, cried foul.

In a carefully concealed plot, that involved many of the public office holders, serving members of the House of Representatives contributed about 24 to the scheme, while senators were said to have raised as many as 50 each.

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